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Welcome to Barely Related, a conversational Friday column that presents the non-gaming news stories that we, the Joystiq staff, have been talking about over the past week. And no, we're not stopping our focus on industry and gaming news. Think of this as your casual weekly recap of interesting (and mostly geeky) news, presented just in time to fill your brain with things to discuss at all of those weekend shindigs.

Grab a fresh drink, lean back in your armchair, and get ready to talk nerdy with us.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>american-horror-storybarely-relatedCivil-Wardaredevildcdc-comicsfantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-themFantastic-Fourfriendsghost-in-the-shellGillian-Andersonharry-potterjustice-leagueMarvelNetflixrainbow-britescarlett-johanssonsuicide-squadthe-flashthe-it-crowdthe-walking-deadwonder-womanx-filesFri, 17 Oct 2014 20:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/01/barely-related-wonderwear-deadpool-footage/http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/01/barely-related-wonderwear-deadpool-footage/http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/01/barely-related-wonderwear-deadpool-footage/#comments
Welcome to Barely Related, a conversational Friday column that presents the non-gaming news stories that we, the Joystiq staff, have been talking about over the past week. And no, we're not stopping our focus on industry and gaming news. Think of this as your casual weekly recap of interesting (and mostly geeky) news, presented just in time to fill your brain with things to discuss at all of those weekend shindigs.

Grab a fresh drink, lean back in your armchair, and get ready to talk nerdy with us.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>barely-relatedcomic-con-2014Deadpooldoctor-whogame-of-thronesguardians-of-the-galaxySDCCsdcc-2014spongebobstar-warswonder-womanFri, 01 Aug 2014 20:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/17/latest-infinite-crisis-trailer-showcases-atomic-wonder-woman/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/17/latest-infinite-crisis-trailer-showcases-atomic-wonder-woman/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/17/latest-infinite-crisis-trailer-showcases-atomic-wonder-woman/#commentsInfinite Crisis' Atomic Wonder Woman hails from a dimension where global thermonuclear war has ravaged the Earth, so of course she fights with a massive chainsaw lance. Chainsaws and nuclear wastelands go together like peanut butter and chocolate, or fried chicken and waffles.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>atomic-wonder-womaninfinite-crisispcTurbine-EntertainmentWarner-Bros-Interactive-Entertainmentwonder-womanSat, 17 Aug 2013 16:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/16/injustice-gods-among-us-red-son-pre-order-dlc-available-to-all/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/16/injustice-gods-among-us-red-son-pre-order-dlc-available-to-all/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/16/injustice-gods-among-us-red-son-pre-order-dlc-available-to-all/#comments
Hey, remember that bundle of Red SonInjustice: Gods Among Us DLC that GameStop had as an exclusive pre-order bonus? In a fitting turn of events, said bundle will no longer be the privileged purview of the bourgeois and will instead be available to the sweaty, overworked proletariat masses as of next Tuesday.

No word yet on how much the DLC will cost, or whether it includes the pre-order's 20 bonus challenge missions in addition to the costumes seen above. The game's official twitter account has also asked which other characters from Red Son we'd like to see; we think the answer should be obvious.

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Turbine Entertainment's DC Universe MOBA, Infinite Crisis, will begin its closed beta testing next week on Wednesday, May 8, publisher Warner Bros. has announced. Folks interested in participating in the testing initiative should fill out an application, provided they - like us - have sufficiently mastered the art of using a gaming mouse while wearing Batman gauntlets.

Warner Bros. also released some new artwork showcasing Infinite Crisis' multiverse variants of Batman and Wonder Woman. Gaslight Batman is pretty cool, we guess, but did you see that robot? She's like if Wonder Woman were a Persona user.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Batmanbetabeta-testclosed-betainfinite-crisisMOBApcTurbineTurbine-EntertainmentWarner-Bros-Interactive-EntertainmentWonder-WomanWed, 01 May 2013 19:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/21/injustice-season-pass-includes-4-characters-bonus-costumes/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/21/injustice-season-pass-includes-4-characters-bonus-costumes/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/21/injustice-season-pass-includes-4-characters-bonus-costumes/#commentsJust as Mortal Kombat did before it, Injustice: Gods Among Us will employ the increasingly popular Season Pass monetization modelconvenience option for the game's inevitable character DLC. Who those characters actually are, of course, remains a mystery, though we do know that there will be four of them.

The pass costs $14.99/1200 MS Points and includes four characters for "the price of three," according to the press release, which means we can safely infer that Injustice's character DLC will cost $4.99/400 MS Points a pop when purchased individually. You may begin theorizing over the identities of the above silhouettes at the sound of the beep.

Three bonus costumes are also included, based on Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Deathstroke's alternate timeline personas from the plot arch that lead to the New 52 relaunch in 2011, "Flashpoint." For the uninitiated, Flashpoint is known as being the small splinter of the DC universe where Wonder Woman actually wore some damn clothes that made sense for a conquering warrior princess.

Update: As a small aside, Harley Quinn's story trailer has been tucked away after the break. We'll keep this description brief in case anyone is avoiding such things because spoilers, but let's just say that the Joker is involved. Right? We couldn't believe it either.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AquamanBatmanFlashGreen-ArrowGreen-Lanterninjustice-gods-among-usJokermicrosoftNetherrealm-Studiosnintendoplaystationps3SupermanWarner-Bros-Interactive-Entertainmentwii-uWonder-WomanxboxFri, 15 Mar 2013 16:45:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/07/injustice-gods-among-us-red-son-pre-order-bonus-also-coming-t/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/07/injustice-gods-among-us-red-son-pre-order-bonus-also-coming-t/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/07/injustice-gods-among-us-red-son-pre-order-bonus-also-coming-t/#commentsOriginally revealed for UK retailers last month, the Superman: Red Son pre-order bonus DLC for Injustice: Gods Among Uswill be available exclusively at GameStop in North America. As shown in the trailer above, the DLC pack includes Red Son-inspired alternate costumes for Superman, Wonder Woman and Solomon Grundy (who wasn't in the Red Son comic storyline).

The pack also includes 20 extra missions set within the alternate Red Son universe, which is not to be confused with Injustice's also-alternate universe. It'll be interesting to see if Injustice's Red Son missions are actually set in an alternate version of Injustice's universe, making it an alternate, alternate universe. Alternate. Alternate. Now it just looks weird.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DLCgamestopinjustice-gods-among-usmicrosoftnintendoplaystationpre-orderps3red-sonSolomon-Grundysoviet-russiasupermansuperman-red-sonUSSRwii-uwonder-womanxboxThu, 07 Mar 2013 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/injustice-gods-among-us-fight-tapes-show-off-bane-harley-quinn/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/injustice-gods-among-us-fight-tapes-show-off-bane-harley-quinn/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/injustice-gods-among-us-fight-tapes-show-off-bane-harley-quinn/#commentsNetherRealm Studios and DC Comics are hosting a series of popularity contests over on the official Injustice: Gods Among Us website, pitting heroes and villains against each other in a tournament-style bracket where fan votes determine the hypothetical outcome.

Sounds fun and everything, but what we're primarily interested in are the gameplay videos released once a winner has been determined, the first two of which can be found above and beyond the veil. We're not going to spoiler the outcome of either fight, obviously, but we will say that Bane's abilities look very reminiscent of Kabal's from Mortal Kombat, while Harley Quinn has more than a little bit of Mileena about her.

The next round of voting starts on February 11, so we're anticipating more videos in a couple weeks.